EV buyers want SUVs and sedans, not minivans or trucks, survey says
There's also a wide spread when it comes to acceptable range, Edmunds found.
@arstechnica not SUVs we want Sedans. Damn it, we are all burned out on ridiculously large inefficient vehicles that are both expensive and dangerous.
@Sh4d0w_H34rt @arstechnica And heavy. You're going to be going through a lot of tires riding around in a 2 1/2 ton beast like some of these road and bridge destroyers
Nobody Told EV Owners How Quickly They Burn Through Tires
It looks like a case of adoption leapfrogging education.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/nobody-told-ev-owners-how-quickly-they-burn-through-tires
@Sh4d0w_H34rt @dave_heumann @arstechnica I keep seeing this referenced, but as the current owner of two EVs and since having them for 12 years it has not been my experience. Go figure.
@NailClippings @dave_heumann @arstechnica the keys here are vehicle weight and high performance showing off.
@NailClippings @Sh4d0w_H34rt @arstechnica This is good to know. I imagine it's more an issue with the trucks and larger SUVs.
@Sh4d0w_H34rt @arstechnica some of us need to haul equipment to soccer practice and the church volunteer function. Trunk space is needed
@orenbell @arstechnica key word "some" not most. Yet the some have dictated the overwhelming majority of the market.
@arstechnica nooooo, we really do want minivans. Microtrucks. Kei trucks. Small form factor easily-customizable work-oriented EV vehicles.
@jgilbert @arstechnica Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is yellin' at China for [checks notes] making too many solar cells, batteries, and electric vehicles.
@jgilbert @arstechnica This is true. An electric Kei truck- or an L7e class quadricycle (like the Kilow la bagnole) would take care of like 95% of my driving needs pretty happily.
I don’t need a 500 mile range, 7000lb electric vehicle regardless of body style.
@arstechnica a wide spread what?
@arstechnica
This future EV purchaser (ME) wants a low cost basic EV two seater roadster topless. Maybe an optional hardtop removable. $20K. 250 Miles. 0-60 doesn't matter.
